Hanger for sliding sashes.



APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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HANGER FOR SLIDING SASI-IES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24-, 1914.

Application filed July 26, 1913. Serial No. 781,351.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. Mas- LEN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Moberly, in the countyof Bandolph and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hangers for Sliding Sashes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its object to pro vide a hinge for connecting thesaid frames and so arranged as to permit the complete detachment of theframes or the detachment at either side of the said frames to permit thesaid frames to swing with respect to each other.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a front view of a window casement and sashconnected by the improved hinge, and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on theline 22 and 3-3, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with asash, consisting of an outer frame 1, arranged to slide in the easementin the ordinary manner, and an inner frame 2 connected with the outerframe, and normally forming a part thereof. The frames are connected byfour of the improved hinges, the said hinges being arranged at thecorners of the frame, and each hinge consists of two leaves, oneconnected to the outer frame and one connected to the inner frame.

Each of the leaves is of angular shape, the leaf connected with theouter frame consisting of portions 3 and 3 while the leaf connected withthe inner frame consists of portions 4 and 4f, the said portions of eachleaf being at a right angle with respect to each other. Each of theportions 3 and 3 of the first-named leaf f and i of the second-namedleaf, is provided with openings for receiving screws 5, to connect themto the frames.

The leaf 8--3 is arranged with its inner edge flush with the inner edgeof the outer frame, and the leaf H is arranged with its outer edge flushwith the top and side edges of the inner frame, and both leaves arecountersunk in the faces of the frames. Near its upper end the portion 3of the leaf 33 is offset laterally, as shown at 6, in Fig. 2, the offsetportion being connected to the body of the leaf by means of webs 7,integral with the offset portion and the body of the leaf, to form arecess or species of casing, for receiving a hinge lug, to be presentlydescribed.

The portion 4: of each of the leaves 44lis provided with a lug 8, forengaging the recess or casing of the adjacent leaf 33, the said lugextending laterally from the inner face of the leaf, and also extendingbeyond the outer edge of the leaf. The lug 8 and the webs 7 of therecess or casing are provided with registering openings for receiving alocking bolt 9, for hinging the leaves together. The said bolt ismounted to slide on the rear face of the portion 3 of the leaf 3-3, andthe outer frame 1 is recessed to receive the said bolt and the easing orrecess 6--7. The end of each bolt remote from the lug 8 is offset towardthe inner face of the leaf as shown at 10 in Fig. 2, and a finger piece11 is secured to the offset portion near the free end thereof, each ofthe said finger pieces extending through a slot 12 in the bottom of adepression 13 in the outer face of the portion 3 of the leaf 33*. Thedepression is formed by grooving the said portion of the leaf, and is ofsufficient depth to cause the outer end of the finger piece 11 to lieflush with the outer face of the hinge leaf. A plate spring 14 issecured at one end to the inner face of the portion 3 of the leaf 3-43,and the free end of the said spring bears against the bolt 9, to preventaccidental disengagement of the said bolt. The spring presses the freeend of the bolt against the side walls of the openings in the webs 7 andin the lug 8 to hold the said bolt in looking position more especiallyat the upper end of the outer frame. At the lower end of the frame, thebolts are oppositely arranged, the free ends of each bolt being downwardinstead of upward.

In use, either side of the frames may be released to permit the framesto swing with respect to each other and both sides of the inner framemay be released, if desired, for

removing the said frame to clean the same lug adapted to fit Within thecasing, and reor for any other purposes. leasable means for pivoting thelug to the I claim casing. Y A hinge consisting of leaves arranged inFREDERICK BENJIMAN MASLEN. 5 the same plane, one of the leaves having a-Witnesses:

easing extending laterally from the plane WM. KELLY, of the leaves, andthe other leaf having a E. J. MILLER.

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